Bridgeman Education

ID: POV498017

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana, Tantric B.): Traditional artists painting interior of temple (Naropa Potang) with scenes from Drukpa lineage Shey, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India

ID: POV498038

Tibetan Buddhism (Tantric B., Vajrayana)/Himalayan landscape: Namgyal Tsemo Gompa (monastery) on hill & waxing 3/4 moon in sunset light Leh, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India

ID: POV498059

Tibetan Buddhism (Tantric B., Vajrayana), Himalayan landscape: Prayer flags and square & round chortens (aka. stupas) at top of Khardung la pass (5,606m), snowcapped peaks north of Leh, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India

ID: POV498068

Himalayan landscape: View into layers of silhouetted hazy blue mountain ridges (Ladakh Range) at sunset looking south from nr. Khardung la pass, north of Leh, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India

ID: POV498074

Tibetan Buddhism (Tantric B., Vajrayana): Priest/monk performing fire ritual/ceremony/puja chinsek (here dedicated to Jigjed=Tara Chenmo) where offerings are passed into sacrifical fire to pacify the deities visualized in the fire Thiksey Gompa (Gelugpa order monastery), Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India

ID: POV498080

Tibetan Buddhism (Tantric B., Vajrayana): Priest/monk using small ceremonial double-sided hand drum (damaru) and hand bell (dril bu) during fire ritual/ceremony/puja chinsek (here dedicated to Jigjed=Tara Chenmo) where offerings are passed into sacrifical fire to pacify the deities visualized in the fire, Thiksey Gompa (Gelugpa order monastery), Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India

ID: POV498086

Profuse stone carvings on Alai-Darwaza, one of the most treasured gems of islamic architecture, first building employing wholly Islamic principles of construction & geometric ornamentation, Qutb Minar complex, Unesco World Heritage Site Delhi, India

ID: POV498095

Qutb Minar tower (13th cent.,most perfect ancient example of minar to exist anywhere, covered in carvings and deeply inscribed verses from Koran, highest stone tower in India, 72.5m) seen through arch of 12th cent. Quwwatul-Islam Masjid (earliest extant mosque in India) Indo-Islamic architecture, Qutb Minar complex, Unesco World Heritage Site Delhi, India

ID: POV498110

Sufism: Qawwali (devotional song&music) musicians performing for devotees at dargah (=tomb) of Nizamuddin (aka. Nizam-ud-din, legendary 14th cent sufi saint/shaikh, 'inventor' of qawwali, Chishti order) Delhi, India

ID: ARP498242

Jan Kupecký

ID: ARP498248

Johann Friedrich Overbeck

ID: KDC498691

Sir Harry Preston, 1936 (colour litho)

ID: CHT498731

Gold necklace with emerald cross of Madeleine Rondeaux, known as the 'Croix d'Allisa' (gold and emeralds mounted on painted wood)

ID: KDC498855

Monument in Brussels commemorating Gabrielle Petit, c.1925 (litho)

ID: POV499116

Children with push-wheel wooden toy in remote tropical mountain village Ban Mai, Namkha, Paek District, Xieng Khouang Province, Laos, Southeast Asia

ID: POV499140

Farmer (woman) clearing field above tropical forest (rainforest) mountain slopes in the Annamite Range, single tree left standing, thatched shelter, morning mist in valleys nr. Phaklak, Nonghet District, Xieng Khouang Province, Laos, Southeast Asia

ID: POV499143

Pristine montane tropical forest (rainforest) covering mountain tops in the Annamite Range, cloud-ringed mountain nr. Keokong, Nonghet District, Xieng Khouang Province, Laos, Southeast Asia

ID: POV499161

Young girl fetching water at central water point in remote tropical forest village, drying washing Korsan Tai, Phienghong, Nonghet District, Xieng Khouang Province, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia MORE INFO: UDIN (Integrated Upland Development in Nonghet), a project supporting the most isolated and underdeveloped communities in Nonghet District to bring a better standard of living and quality of life to its people through a broad participatory approach and active involvement of target beneficiaries, implemented by Helvetas Laos, a Swiss Association for International Cooperation & Development, see: www.helvetas-laos.org

ID: FRM565210

The round-table negotiations. the last plenary session Warsaw, Poland first half of 1989, talks between the communist government and the pro-democratic opposition led to an agreement and deconstruction of the regime. Namiestnikowski palace 05.04.1989

ID: FRM565231

Lata 60. Urszula Dudziak.

ID: FRM565291

Warsaw, 1979. Andrzej Wajda and John Gielgud on the filmset of 'Conductor'.

ID: FRM565300

Lublin, Eastern Poland, Lublin Province. Lubomelskich House 1540 2004

ID: FRM565343

Warsaw, Poland, 30.11.1970. Delivery of drinks for a restaurant at Olszynka Grochowska.

ID: FRM565349

Warsaw, Poland, 29.02.1973. Rebuilding of the Royal Castle in Warsaw (Zamek Krolewski Warszawie) on the Castle Square (Plac Zamkowy). The monument is the Zygmunt's Column (Kolumna Zygmunta).

ID: FRM565376

07.06.1979. Zebrzydowska Calvary, Pope John Paul II's first Pilgrimage to Poland.

ID: FRM565403

Gdansk, 12.06.1987. Pope John Paul II's 4th Pilgrimage to Poland, visit to Westerplatte. From left: Tadeusz Goclowski, John Paul II, from right Franciszek Macharski.

ID: FRM565438

1982, Martial Law in Poland. Picture of Civil Militia operation, in an effort to liquidate the illegal 'Solidarnosc' radio station.

ID: FRM565453

Warsaw, 08.12.1979, Poland. Clothing department in 'Junior' megastore at Marszalkowska street (Marshals street).

ID: FRM565459

Ozarow, Opatow county, Kielce Voivodeship, Poland,1970. Women at the table at the Books and Press Club (Klub Ksiazki i Prasy).

ID: FRM565487

Warsaw, Poland, 09.1972. TheTrybuna Ludu (People's Tribune) newspaper festival. The slogan on the decoration reads 'Do read Trybuna Ludu'.

ID: FRM565496

Kozienice, 1978. Kozienice Power Station.

ID: FRM565553

Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz (also known as 'Litwos'), 05.05.1846 -15.11.1916). Journalist and novelist. Henryk received a Nobel prize in literature. Sienkiewicz was a Polish aristocrat of the Oszyk coat of arms.